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No. 6|6,807. Patented Dec. '27, I898. J. REICHARD.

SAFETY RAZOR.

(Afi umion filed June 20, 1898.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES: INVENTOR firemz'akkz cfiard ATTORNEYS NITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

JEREMIAH REICHARD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SAFETY-RAZO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 616,807, datedDecember 27, 1898.

Application filed June 20,1898. Serial No, 683,969. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEREMIAH REICHARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Safety-Razors, of which the following isa specification.

By means of this invention a safety-razor is capable of beingsatisfactorily set or adj usted and of being operated without scratchingor inconvenience, as set forth in the following specification and claimsand illus trated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aplan view of a modification.

The blade-holder 1 is provided with bladeretaining clamps 2, a spring 3pressing the blade at toward the guard or teeth 5. The razor-holder 1 isprovided with adjustingscrews 6 for the clamps. These screws are shownmounted in the holder clear of the clamps, the taps or threads for thescrews 6 being shown in the rear or back part of the holder. The clamps2 have a yielding or spring support formed by arms 7, secured or rivetedat the front of the holder or under the guard or comb 5. The clamps arethus yielding and are shown extending over the top of the holder at theends of the top, so as to catch or hold the blade to the holder. Byrunning or setting the screws more or less forward or toward guard 5,said screws engaging the parts or inclines 8, Fig. 1, of the clamps 2 orof their arms 7 will draw or set the latter with the blade in relationto the guard or holder, as may be required. The blade can thus beadjusted for coarser or finer shaving.

It will be noted that the spring 3 presses against the back of the bladeand has a constant tendency to feed the blade forward controlled by theadj usting-screws 6. If said screws be loosened, the spring 3 willinstantly and automatically feed the blade forward, the distance whichthe blade is moved being dependent upon the extent to which the screwsare loosened and the clamps consequently raised.

The adj usting-screws for the clamps being mounted in the back or bodyof the holder leave the top of the holder smooth or unstudded. Shouldthe screws or studs project from the top of the clamps or holder, suchscrews would be apt to scratch or contact with the person while shaving,thus producing discomfort. By having the tops of the clamps smooth suchdiscomfort is avoided.

The clamps could be mounted independently of one another, or said clampscould be connected or formed or made to act in unison or as one clampbyaconnecting bar or strip, as shown in Fig. 3, where the clamps 2 areformed or provided with a connection 9.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a safety-razor, the combination with a blade and a comb-plate onwhich the blade is arranged to rest, of spring supported clamps arrangedto clamp the ends of the blade to the comb-plate with a yieldingpressure, means for adjusting the pressure of the clamps on the blade,and a spring arranged at the rear of the blade and operating to pressthe latter forward beneath the clamps to regu- 75 late the cuttingaction of the blade, substantially as described.

2. In a safety-razor, the combination with a blade and a comb-plate onwhich the blade rests, of spring-arms attached at their forward ends tothe front portion of the combplate and carrying U-shaped clamps thatextend over the ends of the blade and operate to clamp the blade to thecomb-plate with a yielding pressure, means for adjusting the pressure ofthe clamps on the blade, and a spring arranged at the rear of the bladeand arranged to press the latter forward beneath the clamps,substantially as described.

3. In a safety-razor, the combination with a blade and a comb-plate onwhich the blade rests, of spring-arms attached at theirforward ends tothe front portion of the combplate and having their rear ends inclinedfrom the blade-support, U -shaped clamps carried by said arms, saidclamps extending over and clamping the ends of the blade to thecomb-plate with a yielding pressure, adjustmy hand in the presence oftwo subscribing ing-screws tapped through the rear of the comb-plate andengaging the inclined ends of Witnesses. the spring-arm's to regulatethe pressure of the clamps on the blade, and a spring oper- JEREMIAHREIOI-IARD.

W'itnesses:

5 ating to press the blade forward beneath the clamps, substantially asdescribed. AUGUST WM. SOHEUBER,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set E. F. KASTENHUBER.

